70 W30 auto distributor
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The special thing about that distributor is the advance springs. Its a good thing I bought several sets of stick and auto W30 springs back in the 70s. $800 for a point type distributor whose part number is all but invisible when installed on the engine. . .wow.
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The irony is that I believe a significant percentage of automatic 1970 W-30s left the factory with the wrong distributor, so whoever bought it might now have the "correct" distributor, but not the original one.
My own automatic W-30 has the correct distributor for a manual W-30, with a date code preceding my car's fairly early build date. This has always puzzled me, as the car never underwent a numbers-matching restoration by any previous owner. And if someone had replaced the distributor for some reason, what are the chances they'd end up with a rare manual W-30 distributor with such an early date code? So there's a good chance the factory installed mine.
To help justify my twisted reasoning, I've collected several stories over the years of automatic 1970 W-30s with the wrong distributor but believed to be original. Makes me feel better, and keeps me from spending $800 on a distributor I don't need.
Now, who wants to check the date code on the underside of my aluminum intake manifold?
My own automatic W-30 has the correct distributor for a manual W-30, with a date code preceding my car's fairly early build date. This has always puzzled me, as the car never underwent a numbers-matching restoration by any previous owner. And if someone had replaced the distributor for some reason, what are the chances they'd end up with a rare manual W-30 distributor with such an early date code? So there's a good chance the factory installed mine.
To help justify my twisted reasoning, I've collected several stories over the years of automatic 1970 W-30s with the wrong distributor but believed to be original. Makes me feel better, and keeps me from spending $800 on a distributor I don't need.
Now, who wants to check the date code on the underside of my aluminum intake manifold?
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